Viewership increased by double-digits for the NCAA Wrestling Championship. In other news, fewer viewers watched the singles finals at Indian Wells, and Liga MX finished second only to El Clasico last weekend.
NCAA Wrestling Up From Last Year
- The NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Championship earned a 0.4 final rating and 694,000 viewers on ESPN last Saturday night, flat in ratings and up 10% in viewership from last year (0.4, 630K) but down a tick and 19%, respectively, from 2013 (0.5, 860K). Keep in mind the 2013 telecast was the second-most watched since ESPN began carrying the event. (via Awful Announcing)
Fewer Viewers For Indian Wells Finals
- The singles finals of the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament earned a 0.4 final rating and 526,000 viewers on ESPN last Sunday afternoon, flat in ratings and down 10% in viewership from last year on ESPN2 (0.4, 584K), but up a tick and 16%, respectively, from 2013 (0.3, 453K). This year was the first time the finals have taken place opposite the NCAA Tournament since 2012. (via Awful Announcing)
Liga MX Takes Second Place Behind El Clasico
- Last Sunday’s Guadalajara/Toluca Liga MX Clausura match earned a 0.6 final rating and 1.2 million viewers on UniMás, the second-largest soccer audience of the week on a single network. Sunday’s El Clasico on BeIN Sports en Espanol had 1.3 million. (via Univision)
